Bubble Culture
Mythbuster: David Brooks, the voice of the GOP for the New York Times, NPR and PBS, gets his clock cleaned by Jim Naureckas for FAIR.

Bullish Science
Food for thought: FDA's approval of cloning has renewed debate over ethics, safety and the very science. William Saletan sides with the cloners for Slate.

Busy Bees
Conflict of interest: GMO giant Monsanto's purchase of Beelogics - the world's leading researcher on the collapse of honey bee colonies, largely thought to be caused by GMOs - is raising some eyebrows.

Candidates On Pot
The high ground: As presidential wannabes scramble for the limelight, Dylan Stableford maps their stands on cannabis for Yahoo.

Climate Fight
Kicking it down the road: The Paris Climate Accord sets lofty goals for carbon reduction. Unfortunately, it relies on technology that has yet to be invented. Abby Rabinowitz for Wired.

Climate March
Send in the clowns: Peddling activism as corporate policy. Arun Gupta for Counterpunch.

Climate Report
Nothing to see here, folks: White House shrugs off Fed's report on climate change as inconducive with administration's narrative. BBC.

Closeting Growers
Turning up the Heat: With the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996, medicinal use of marijuana became legal in California. In turn the Feds stepped up their war on suppliers, driving them further underground. Michael Polson reports for In These Times.

Cosmic Dustbin
We are stardust: An estimated five to 300 tons of cosmic debris falls to earth each day. Nancy Atkinson explains its importance for Universe Today.

Culture Battle
Heavyweight showdown: After several years of "evolving", the White House doesn't so much as weigh in on the side of gay marriage, as it does against the "separate but equal" spin of domestic partnership states. Ryan J. Reilly for The Huffington Post.

Culture Wars
Stirring the pot: Ever the politician, reality televsion star takes on the gays to fire up his base. Chris Riotta covers the schizophrenia for Newsweek.

'Deface' The Nation
Trump First: Reality television star's appearance on Face The Nation a rambling endorsement of autocrats, condemnation of Dems, ACA, mainstream media, all the while fawning over himself. The full transcript from CBS News.

Diminishing Returns
The butterfly effect: The number of migrating monarch butterflies lowest on record. Mark Stevenson for AP.

DOJ vs MMJ
Compassionate access: As states increasingly embrace medical marijuana, the department of justice is late to the ball. Bill Piper for The Huffington Post.

Dotcom Con
Piracy tool: A year after his Megaupload site was shuttered by US Prosecutors, Kim Dotcom opens new and improved file exchange.

The Downing Street Memo
In Britain it's been referred to as "The smoking gun" in irrefutable evidence that the US invasion of Iraq was a done deal eight months prior to the advent of bombing, while in America it's gone largely uncommented on by the vast conspiratorial liberal media.

Farewell to Arms
The plunder years: Iraq war veteran Thomas Young pens his final words to G. Dubya and Dick Cheney, bringing into sharp focus why US presence in Baghdad was criminal.

A Few Good Men
China's strict social policy blamed for pronounced gender gap.

Fightin' Words
Deja vu: Suspicious satellite images and Iran's reluctance to bend over and take it from the IAEA has the Pentagon buzzing. Sounds all too familiar, but do Americans have the stomach for yet another war?

Flirting With Treason
Connect-the-dots: New scrutiny over emails of Trump aide and former chief of staff to Jeff Sessions. Manu Raju and Marshall Cohen for CNN.

Fox 'News'
Gaffes and laughs: A week after firing Bill O'Reilly, network looks like a parody of itself. Sonia Saraiya for Variety.

Free At Last
Late to the ball: Mississippi becomes last state to ratify thirteenth amendment.